<p>darkblue_13, the same thing happened to my friend. I don't know how I got in, you have a higher GPA than I do. Congratulations on your other acceptances, though! Where were they, if you don't mind my asking.</p>
<p>dank08, are you instate? If you're male, that might help too.</p>
<p>darkblue_13, the same thing happened to my friend. I have a lower GPA than you do...I could never be a college admissions officer. </p>
<p>dank08, are you instate? Also, if you are a male, that might help too. They obviously had a reason to admit you :)</p>
<p>Nope, I live in CT which probably is not a hook or anything.</p>
<p>They can't accept more than they think will enroll. Thats exactly why some of you should have gotten everything done in October and applied EA. Otherwise you get waitlisted with pretty good stats.</p>
<p>To dank08:</p>
<p>I had similar stats as you. What was your curriculum like?</p>
<p>I could be wrong in my post. My info comes from kids that I met there thru my kid. Real, real smart kids from PA, private catholic school background, who said they were in the honor program and not getting any merit aid. I can't imagine why they won't admit receiving merit, but any way. I'd trust what Admissions says, except for tour givers who are not always in the "know". I am always surprised at how impressed my daughter is with some of the kids she hangs around with. Fun loving, always up for a game at the Dunk, but extremely smart and driven. It has been a great freshman year for her!</p>
<p>I don't understand how people are paying full price at PC. It's 42k a year!!</p>
<p>Has anyone received your finaid package? Just a stupid question: Does merit-based scholarship have anything to do with need-based finaid? I mean,
if you receive a merit scholarship, can you still receive need-based assistance? Thank you a lot in advance!!1 I'm just getting really nervous lolz...</p>
<p>Uh, the blog was just updated. </p>
<p>Merit/honors stuff was mailed yesterday. Financial aid is coming late next week.</p>
<p>Linh.N</p>
<p>My D was accepted EA in January. She received her financial aid package about 2 weeks after her acceptance. Although she did not get into the honors program she was awarded a scholarship for $5000 as well as grants. Her entire package totaled $29,000. I think they are pretty generous.</p>
<p>Good luck to you.</p>
<p>Woah KCBMOM that is awesome! Congrats to your daughter!</p>
<p>premed123</p>
<p>Just curious have you decided where you are going? Is Providence your first choice? With your being from Rhode Island do you hear good things about PC? I suppose that is somewhat obvious since you did apply, but would love to hear what you know. We are going for a re-visit next week, where she will attend a couple of classes with a current Bio student, and are looking forward to seeing it again. She has also been accepted to Fairfield University with an even better offer, so it is pretty much between the two at this point.</p>
<p>I need to get her involved with this website, I find it quite helpful!</p>
<p>Well I live in Rhode Island and I live in Providence. PC is in an excellent location and it's a pretty good school too. I hear a lot of good things about PC....they're cracking down on the alcohol problem that they have. THey have REALLY good food. However I didn't apply here because I didn't want to stay close to home....</p>
<p>Every school has an alcohol problem. I live around QU and they too have the same problem. I hope Providence is regarded a little higher though.</p>
<p>Is it easy to get a job from PC?</p>
<p>KCBMOM, you made my day!!! Thanks a million!!!
Sorry if it sounds like I care too much about money. But money does matter a lot to me despite the fact that I hate it nowadays when it plays such an excessively important part in almost everything. US is way too expensive and I cant go without much finaid :[.</p>
<p>Ah dank08, I saw somewhere on the school website that you can apply for a job online!! Dont know if it's easy though haha.</p>
<p>No, I meant like in the area. How is Providence's reputation in Rhode Island?</p>
<p>Providence has a fairly good reputation in RI as far as recreation. There are many great restaurants, the fabulous PPM (Providence Place Mall) which is multiple stories tall, PPAC which is the Providence Performing Arts Center - I saw the Lion King there once and it was great - and other shops outside the mall. Waterfire is pretty popular, I've never been myself so you'll have to google it. The Dunkin' Donuts center has the P Bruins and concerts and maybe basketball. The RIPTA public transportation system is pretty good - you can go anywhere in RI for $1.50 and it's free for PC students. One must keep in mind, though, that Providence is a city, so caution must be practiced.</p>
<p>KCBMOM - Bowdoin was actually my first choice but I got rejected, so now Providence is my first choice. Even in RI PC is regarded as an excellent school, and I like it because there is an early identification program (or something along those lines) with Brown for RI students wanting to go to med school. I live about forty-five minutes away, so it's close and far enough at the same time. My only concern is money - I don't think I was accepted into the honors program, and we don't really qualify for much aid. So that will unfortunately be a factor.</p>
<p>I visited for a day and followed a math major around (I am a physics major with pre-med, so math was the closest major they had available for me to follow) and it was great. The food is delicious and the classes were interesting, even the Western Civ, to which I was not looking forward. The Western Civ class I attended was about the womanizing style of Lord Byron, which was pretty engaging.</p>
<p>Let me and kjcastillo1990 know if we can be of any more help. :)</p>
<p>Oh KCBMOM I almost forgot - if you don't mind posting, did you have a high EFC? I'm just wondering about fin aid. Was the $29,000 for the parents or the student? I'm so confused about the whole process; all I have received besides merit scholarships is the $3500 student loan per year to all of my schools, and I don't know if more is coming or not (I hope). Sorry this is probably a dumb question.</p>
<p>I got an email from PC, it looks like their tuiton has gone up to 30k. YAY! </p>
<p>O an MLK scholarships will be released by the end of the week.</p>
<p>Hey everyone, its KCB. I know my mom has been talking about me a lot, so I decided to join. </p>
<p>premed123- we do not have an especially high EFC because my mother is single. The 29,000 was based on both my mothers and my small part-time income. What basically happens is PC rates how much it thinks my family can afford, and pays the difference. The 29,000 package included a 5,000 merit scholarship, 5,500 in loans, 17,000 PC grant and 1,800 work study.
I received my package about three weeks after I was accepted (early action). If you already know about your merit scholarship, then I think that would be your notification. Have you been applying for scholarships around your area? Because lately I have been and they actually do add up, so you should definitely look into that.
Oh and its not a dumb question--i just had my mom explain this to me. haha</p>